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    Chinese cooking classes.......

    I ended up using YouTube...and it rocks!
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    Coffee Price Up 300% Higher Than London Or Ny..!!

    My instant coffee just went up...from 5400 to 7900. But alas...coffee futures are up 40% in the last six months. Just can't win.
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    IHOP

    coincidence....I searched and searched for a mix that I could use.....no luck. What pancakes in restaurants (Pandora Rosa)...horrible. Yesterday I finally made my own....it was easy....and they were good. I think there is no other way to have pancakes.
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    Asking recommendations about Portfolio Personal Inversiones

    It is interesting to me that you ask about something that is impossible to answer. The segregation of assets is company specific not country specific and the establishment of a 'separate legal entity' concerns layers and layers of securities law that would only be investigated by investors with...
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    Asking recommendations about Portfolio Personal Inversiones

    Regulatory Oversight:Check if PPI is licensed and regulated by trusted financial authorities, such as CNV (National Securities Commission) in Argentina. Being regulated adds a layer of credibility and ensures that the company complies with financial regulations.
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    Looking for a job as an English teacher

    Listen to Sergio. Pay heed. You will NOT make any kind of living teaching English in Argentina unless you have a skill in an industry that needs a particular application of English....Finance or Eng. examples. Look at Craig's List for a dose of reality. (24 years teaching ESL...including...
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    Health insurance for a male over 65

    Hello Tom....bad news....you will not get reliable info without being here. You will get info from a company online and then find out in reality that the info is not supported. Almost for sure.....you will not get insurance here that meets your requirements or certainly within a realistic...
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    Food prices are amongst the highest of the planet

    a very respectable selection of sea fish??? hardly
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    Diarco supermarket launches its own dollar exchange rate

    Imagine if this phenomenon spread the dollarization of this economy would be accomplished and out of government control.
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    Diarco supermarket launches its own dollar exchange rate

    https://www.diarco.com.ar/dolardiarco/
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    Moving to Argentina from Africa for a better life.

    You HAVE TO speak Spanish. This is NOT a bilingual country.
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    Housekeeper pay

    thinking about your comment....you are right.....I am sure 'these people' are lazy because we gringos are overpaying them. not. well, I tried for 3 years on this site to find work for the woman who works for me with little or no success. Could it be that there ARE NO jobs for many....????
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    Housekeeper pay

    ummm....i am going to ask for a refund. I don't want my domestic care expenses to further damage this fragile economy. And yes most Argentine families have a housekeeper....so I have heard....so i could be upsetting the local families. And as far as being a soft touch....I have to give at...
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    Housekeeper pay

    Some of the posted salaries are embarrassing. Some try to pay as little as possible....I try to pay as much as I can.
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    Medical expenses in Buenos Aires

    I had a visit with a skin doctor today in Recoleta. She checked me out from the top of my head to the bottom of my feet. Froze this and that....maybe she nipped something...don't know. I am shocked shocked shocked. 30,000 pesos.
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    Coffee Chat on TUESDAY, July 30 at Pinot Café in Palermo

    Acoustics. Maybe it is my old age but it is impossible for me to carry on a conversation at this venue. It was the same problem at the old location. The low ceiling......or something like that.....makes it difficult to hear what the person next to me is saying. (my hearing is just fine)
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    Housekeeper pay

    I pay 7000. Why not?
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    Fitch says default on Argentine bonds in foreign currency likely

    https://en.mercopress.com/2024/07/25/fitch-says-default-on-argentine-bonds-in-foreign-currency-likely
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    Argentina to Sell Dollars In Parallel FX Market

    And the peso is starting to buckle.....if it goes any lower it will be a declaration that the government (back to 1465 Blue this afternoon) saying that it has to guard its own reserves and there is nothing more it can do to prevent freefall. Mark my words.......
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    Argentina to Sell Dollars In Parallel FX Market

    This is really like living in history. Like Custer's last stand....this peso business. If the peso buckles after these shenanigans.....buy a wheelbarrow.
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